Mark 5:15

They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been possessed by demons sitting there, clothed and in his right mind—the man who had been possessed by the “Legion”—and they were afraid.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

In Context

14Those who had been feeding the pigs then ran off and reported it in the city and in the countryside. So the people went out to see what had happened.

16Those who had seen it told them what had happened to the man who had been possessed by demons, and they also told them about the pigs.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:24So the news about him went out into all of Syria, and the people brought to him all who were sick with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics. And he healed them.

Matthew 12:29Or how can anyone enter the house of a strong man and plunder his goods unless he first binds the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

Mark 5:9Then Jesus asked him, “What is yoʋr name?” He answered, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”

Matthew Henry on Mark 5:2-21

The Expulsion of Legion. 1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: 4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. 5 And always, night and… Read the whole commentary →

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